Tremarctos
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Tremarctos is a genus of the family Ursidae, subfamily Tremarctinae endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, was extinct 11 000 years ago.[1] The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear.
Species
- † Tremarctos floridanus
- (recent) Tremarctos ornatus - spectacled bear
References
- ↑ B. Kurten & E. Anderson (1980): Pleistocene mammals of North America, pp 1-442. Columbia University Press
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